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在英语中,单数可数名词通常要在前面加冠词或有其他限定词。但在下列情况下,单数可数名词单独出现时,既不需要加冠词,也不需要用其他限定词。
1.介词by后跟运输工具类的名词,在表示手段、方法时,其前通常不用冠词。例如:
1)We went there by train.
2)My mother goes to work by bus every day.
2.表示季节、球类、一日三餐等名称的单数可数名词不表示具体的某一事物,而只表示一个时间、地点、方式等抽象概念时,其前不用冠词。例如:
1)Trees turn green in spring.
2)We have breakfast at 6:50 in the morning every day.
3)Most of the boys like playing football.
3.由介词或连词连接的两个相同的、成对的或关系密切的单数可数名词一般不用冠词。例如:
1)The workers work day and night.
2)She asked for money from door to door.她挨家挨户地要钱。
3)He will have a talk with you face to face.他要同你面谈。
4)They plant the same flowers year after year.他们年年种一样的花。
4.单数可数名词被用来指它本身,或者表示国籍时,其前通常不用冠词。例如:
—Are you American?
—No,I'm English.
5.在come/go to…和in或at…的搭配中,表示不确切的地点名词前通常不用冠词。例如:
1)All of us usually go to bed at 9:30 in the evening.
2)My mother is in hospital.I must go to look after her.
6.用作同位语、宾语补足语、主语补足语或表语的单数可数名词,如果表示头衔或独一无二的职务时,其前往往不用冠词。例如:
1)She will be made monitor.
2)Li Ping was elected chairman of the meeting.
7.当单数可数名词作表语又被enough,no等词修饰时,其前通常不用冠词。例如:
1)I have no pen.I can't write.
2)He is teacher enough to work out the problem.
8.称呼语等名词前不用冠词。例如:
1)Let's go to the park,Mother.
2)May I watch TV now,Father?
3)Have I had a cold,doctor?
9.连系动词turn(变成)之后作表语的单数名词前习惯上不用冠词。例如:
1)The girl has turned writer.
2)Does your sister turn singer?
10.在一些表示游戏或运动项目的单数可数名词前通常不用冠词。 例如:
1)They are playing bridge right now.
2)Young people like chess,card playing and dancing.
11.man表示人类或男人的总称时;woman表示妇女的总称时, 其前一般不用冠词。例如:
1)Man will conquer nature.人定胜天。
2)Woman should have equal right as man.男女应当平等。
12.用在“表示类型的名词+of”这一结构后的单数可数名词前, 一般不加冠词。例如:
1)This is the best kind of radio.
2)What kind of man is he?
13.在一些习语中,单数可数名词前不用冠词。例如:
in fact(事实上),in place of(代替),take place(发生),in line(排队),take part in(参加),on foot(步行), forexample(例如),on earth(究竟,在世界上)